# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-dorflein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:29:15.050Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-dorflein"
name: "Thomas Dörflein"
slug: "thomas-dorflein"
description: "Thomas Dörflein was a German zookeeper at the Berlin Zoological Garden for 26 years. After the baby polar bear Knut was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth in 2006, Dörflein—who cared for both the zoo's wolves and the bears—was assigned as the cub's caretaker. As a result of the zoo's decision to raise Knut by hand, and the resultant close relationship between keeper and animal, Dörflein became a reluctant celebrity."
tagline: "German zookeeper (1963–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Doerflein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-10-13"
deathDate: "2008-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.37
  momentum:             15.3158252835947
  historical:           12.69371866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2246554/"
    handle:    "nm2246554"
sources:
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    title: "توماس دورفلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Thomas Dörflein"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D%C3%B6rflein"
    title: "Thomas Dörflein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D%C3%B6rflein"
    title: "Thomas Dörflein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D%C3%B6rflein"
    title: "Thomas Dörflein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D%C3%B6rflein"
    title: "Thomas Dörflein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D%C3%B6rflein"
    title: "Thomas Dörflein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_D%C3%B6rflein"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3188084"
    title: "Thomas Dörflein"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump